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AGONIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they agonize ... he / she / it agonizes
Past simple: agonized
Past participle: agonized
-ing form: agonizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Suffer agony or anguish
Synonyms:
agonise; agonize
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "agonize" is one way to...):
suffer (experience (emotional) pain)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
agony (a state of acute pain)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Cause to agonize
Synonyms:
agonise; agonize
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Hypernyms (to "agonize" is one way to...):
anguish; hurt; pain (cause emotional anguish or make miserable)
Cause:
agonise; agonize (suffer agony or anguish)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
The bad news will agonize him
